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Sub-Saharan Africa
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Cabo Verde leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024 at 73.05 years, while Chad sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 53.36 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.018.336.554.873.1Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 73.05 years73.1SeychellesSeychelles: 72.10 years72.1MauritiusMauritius: 70.35 years70.4SenegalSenegal: 67.01 years67.0BotswanaBotswana: 66.78 years66.8EritreaEritrea: 66.76 years66.8MauritaniaMauritania: 66.70 years66.7Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 66.41 years66.4GabonGabon: 66.06 years66.1RwandaRwanda: 65.71 years65.7UgandaUganda: 65.49 years65.5ComorosComoros: 65.02 years65.0

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Cabo Verde 73.05 years
2 Seychelles 72.10 years
3 Mauritius 70.35 years
4 Senegal 67.01 years
5 Botswana 66.78 years
6 Eritrea 66.76 years
7 Mauritania 66.70 years
8 Sao Tome and Principe 66.41 years
9 Gabon 66.06 years
10 Rwanda 65.71 years
11 Uganda 65.49 years
12 Comoros 65.02 years
13 Tanzania 64.40 years
14 Ethiopia 64.36 years
15 Gambia, The 64.35 years
16 Congo, Rep. 64.33 years
17 Malawi 64.27 years
18 Zambia 64.10 years
19 Namibia 63.45 years
20 Sudan 63.45 years
21 Ghana 63.31 years
22 South Africa 62.78 years
23 Togo 62.70 years
24 Angola 62.28 years
25 Equatorial Guinea 62.22 years
26 Madagascar 62.12 years
27 Guinea-Bissau 61.82 years
28 Cameroon 61.78 years
29 Burundi 61.75 years
30 Kenya 61.64 years
31 Eswatini 61.32 years
32 Liberia 61.02 years
33 Zimbabwe 60.49 years
34 Niger 60.49 years
35 Mozambique 60.49 years
36 Sierra Leone 60.23 years
37 Cote d'Ivoire 60.17 years
38 Congo, Dem. Rep. 59.96 years
39 Guinea 59.66 years
40 Benin 59.52 years
41 Mali 59.25 years
42 Burkina Faso 59.11 years
43 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 56.49 years
44 Central African Republic 55.51 years
45 Lesotho 55.03 years
46 South Sudan 54.76 years
47 Nigeria 54.33 years
48 Chad 53.36 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, Cabo Verde leads with a gap of 0.95 years to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Chad at 53.36 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.